diff --git a/fs/9p/vfs_dir.c b/fs/9p/vfs_dir.c
index e0d34e4e9076..7f881506a68a 100644
--- a/fs/9p/vfs_dir.c
+++ b/fs/9p/vfs_dir.c
@@ -218,7 +218,9 @@ int v9fs_dir_release(struct inode *inode, struct file *filp)
 		if ((S_ISREG(inode->i_mode)) && (filp->f_mode & FMODE_WRITE))
 			retval = filemap_fdatawrite(inode->i_mapping);
 
+		printk("fid: %p, fidnum: %d, ino: %lx, %s\n", fid, fid->fid, inode->i_ino, __func__);
 		spin_lock(&inode->i_lock);
+		inode->i_state &= ~I_DIRTY;
 		hlist_del(&fid->ilist);
 		spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock);
 		put_err = p9_fid_put(fid);